Jose Diaz-Balart

Journalist

Male

BornNov 7, 1960

José Díaz-Balart is a Cuban-American journalist and television anchorman. He is currently the anchor for Noticiero Telemundo, the network's news program as well as the network's Washington DC-based public affairs Sunday morning program Enfoque. Sometimes described as the Brian Williams of Telemundo, Diaz-Balart delivers political news that affects the Latino community.… Read More

' \n WASHINGTON ― Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump doubled down on his mockery of Rosie O’Donnell during Monday night’s debate. And on Tuesday, he reiterated his ridicule of former Miss Universe Alicia Machado, saying she had “gained a massive amount of weight, and it was a real problem.” \n After Machado added some pounds following her 1996 coronation as Miss Universe, Trump ― then executive producer of the beauty pageant ― tried to force her to diet. He subjected her to a worko...

'The first time I was called a \"nigger,\" it was by white Latinos. I was 8 years old. \n \nThe memory is really painful and defining. Back in the 1970s there wasn\'t a name for what I was. I was a kid whose mom was a light-skinned Dominican and whose dad was a darker-skinned Jamaican. \n \nI was darker than both of them. \n \nI did not understand my identity. I had no Southern roots, no soul food and no connection to the civil-rights movement. Instead I had my Caribbean family, led prett...